Gasolene heating and lighting apparatus.



PATENTEDAPR. 7, 1908. T. J. PORDE. GASOLENB HEATING AND ,LIGHTINGAPPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5.19017.

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Vaisaionniin HEATING'AND LIGHTING APPARATUS.

Tolall whom 'it concern: i Be it known that I, THOMAS J. Forum, a

citizen of the' United States, residing at Geneva, in .the -county ofAshtabula' and .State of Ohio,"liave invented certain new anduseulImprovements in Gasolene ,Heating and Lilghting Apparatus, and dodeclare that Athe fo owing is a full, clear, and exact description oftheinvention, which will enable others skilled in theart to 'which itappertaifns to make and use the same` i fMy invention relates to agasolene lighting appiaratus of the kind in which the gasolene is e tunder atmospheric pressure in a i ,suite le tank andV forced forward andvapo- '.rized in the apparatus for illuininatin and heating pur oses,chiefly, all substantia y as showin and e'scribed and ed out in theclaims.

In the acc'ompanyingfdrawings,Figure l is a side elevation of anapparatus anda sectional elevation of, a portion of the gasolene tankconnected therewith and showingthe parts-incre or less in diagrammaticrelations in order to bring the complete pparatus into one view. Fig. 21s a vertic central secy tional elevation of the immediate operatingwill hereinafter more fully appear.

arts of the apparatus practicallygdeveloped or service, an Fig. 8 is-aside elevation oi?A a pair of valves and mountings therefor, as n g. 41san elevation of the apparatus lookingdrom the right of Fig. 1 with thegasoleii'e tank -omitted. Fi 5 is a crossV section of the generator another parts, on a line corresponding to :l: cc, Fig. 2. Fig. 6 isaperspective yview of the diaphragm which automat tion, ut I am not awarethat anyone' has ever before made or used the construction shown herein,particularly as to s ecic arts and combinations and details which, asbelieve, materially simplify the apparatus and For exlrender it safeandy economica ample, among other thingsl have provided Specification ofLetters Patent. appiieation mea :une 5, ieoi; sei-iai No. 377,288.

`ratus, so that anyuns j represents the located any particularly point-Vin some cases `even dropped inte an' opening Patented Apn'i 7, '190s'.

an automatic cut-oil for the gasoleiie incase the pressure goes down orthe lights aie ex tinguished, yso that all danger of explosion ..55 fromescape of gas or va or is thus avoided and one canleave the lig tsburningand go made convenient theo eration of tlieappa-A Eilled personcan run the same with ease and safety. i a N 0W, referringA tothe partsseverally, A gasolene tank, whichmay be' acel Withinv or Without the'residence or ot erbuilding where the li hting takes place, but usuallyin an out buil gOl'- ouse from plossible explosion is avoidedgf althoughsu dangers are minimized by eel,

modern ap liances and knowledge A,of the character'o gasolene, so thatrealdaxn 'er on this account need not be specially rec cned With.Pressure is sustaine tank in any available :Way and a supply ipe in thisvesselor,

Pfleads therefrom -to the apparatus w ere vaporization occurs in mannerasshown. Thus, the said pipe Pf enters the=apparatus at itsy bottomthrough the head H upon the bottom of vapor generator C, about which isarranged the main .burner B, said burner serving to heat the" generatorand promote vaporization ofA the gasolene. Ahiy suitable form ofgenerator,may `be employed. In

this instance, however, I show a generator comprising four tubes cformed integral with the ends of said generator in Whic are shallowchaiiibers open to all the burners, and u` on theflower end of thegenerator the head l-lhs aflixed by means of a 'coupliiigvnut M, asuitable gasket intervening to make the yjoint fluid tight. The meetingportions of the said chamber and head H have flanges 2 'and 3respectively, over which coupling nut M is lapped from above, and theseiianges encompass a chamber. in Which'is supported Vthe diaphragm D.hereinbcfore referredrt and which serves to automaticallyQcontrol valveV. ValveI lfrom below `in head H, and is supported -'ection d centrallyat its top Whichhas a lo.

e'aring in a recess or cavity in the bottom of chamber` C, and thus saiddiaphra is kept in a, horizontal position with its immediate aratesubstanti rest upn said valve stem, and its own balancing projection dabove maintaining it in right working position. Said diaphragm isconstructed of expansive materia sensitive to heat -'and is referablyhollow with sepaIly iiator vdished sides form a chamber between themreferably d With'alcohol and sealed. T en as themetal andalcohol becomewarm and expansion occurs it can only go downward, because jat the topand centerthe diaphragm valved opening. Unt

i' abuts the vaporizing chamber. This opens vvalveV correspondin ly whenit heats, and

when opened the` o' asses through this this channel or passageway isopen, 'which may require I thirty .minutes or more after the device isheated, I open valve W, swhich controls an inlet 'through valve head. Hto the vapor generator, and this latter valve is. to be closed whenvalve V is opened. This being done, the apparatus comes wholly underautomatic control, both for the supplyvo oil thereto and for the cuttingoff of t e supply when the lights go out or for any other reason v failtowork.

Atl the top of the vapor generator, there is a lateral outlet 6 andpassage to mixing chamber N,'controlled`by needle valves fm,

which control the flow of gas to the burners within the control ofanyone having the apparatus in hand andvalves mare 111 dup icate. so as:to Iregulate the low of vapor acc ording. to the number of burners used.Y The said mixer or mixing chamber N has a suitable inlet for air and acontrolling mixing tube 7 Within said chamber having a support in(t stem8 at one side and a nut 9 outside of said chamber whereby said tube1 7can be raised or lowered with respect' to the. valve inlet thereto to-control and determine the volume of air .taken into the mixture. In

fact the air can be entirely cut oii by tube 7,

if that weredee'me'd desirable, and the pro` l' portion thereof With thegas can be determined with nicety by this means, and from this point thevapor and air mixed and constituting, the gas socalled, goes forwardthrough distributing pipe G to the respective burners, not shown. A pipeconnection indii cated by'IQ- and having aneedle valve control alsoconveys gas from said pipe G down to burner B through which a vaporizingheat is sustained round about the vapor, generator C.

For initial starting of the a paratus and heating of theA vaporlzingcham er or generator another line of devices is provided. The

gasolene tank A. is never designed to be entirely full of gasoleneandhas more or less compressed air in its top mixed with such' measureof gasolene vapor as constitutes a combustible mixture, and I drawoi aportion of this mixture. for initial heating through tube or hose Fwhich goes to a valve controlled coupling K provided with an arm 12having a duct which is controlled by needle valve 13 whence the vaporiows by tube 14 to the rimary burner 15 at its end. This burner isocated so as to heat initial heater I, arrangedppposite generator C andbefore an o enmg 1n c W ich incloses burner B.- A vapor duct 18controlled by valve 19 supplies vapor from the top of the generator to'the initial heater I, the said duct 1.8'having its extension beneath andto the rear of said heater asseen in Fig. 2, and the gas issues throughhead 2O into said heater where it is ignited. We

rum J yfor said generator, and

have therefore the primary 4burner 15 trained on to heater I, and heaterI trained onto the main generator to bring the same to a generatingstate. This done valve W below is opened and the apparatus begins to doits woi` Primary burner 15 is always ready for use and will suffice tostart the apparatus with a minimum amount of mixture and air from Withintank A. Constant pumping of air into the tank to keep up the pressure instarting the device is not necessary With my invention. The pump Risdesiglned to, pump air into the air or pressure supp y tank A.

lVhat I claim is: 1. In a gasolene heating and lighting apparatus, atubular vapor generator provided with an inlet chamber at its bottomvopen alike to all the tubes .thereof and an oil supply passage leadingto said chamber, a spring pressed mam valve adapted to open and closesaid passageto said chamber, having a projection at lts top enterin'said chamber, an 'Y expansible valve controlling device seated 115,'entrallyon said projection and having a seams a for said generatorabout said tubelin coinbtrolled passage `E outside said mixerl tovsaid,10 nation with a, asolene tank, a va or con-` permanent heater. ducting@hanne 'from the top of'sai tank to In testimony whereof I sign-this ssaid primary burner and aY gasolene conduction in the presence of twomtnessesig tor from the bottom of said tankfto said gen-5 erator, andfvapor channels from said chami d' THQMASfL-F ber to said initial heaterand to said perma- Witnesses: nent burner, the channel to said permanentE. FISHER burner comprising a mixer and a valve oonl F. GISSUN.

